S*1070 Session 112 (1997-1998)
S*1070(Rat #0424, Act #0410 of 1998) General Bill, By Land
A BILL TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION
56-5-4170 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A PERSON MAY NOT TENDER A VEHICLE THAT IS IN
VIOLATION OF FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY REGULATIONS TO A CARRIER OR DRIVER,
TO PROVIDE FOR PUBLIC SERVICE SAFETY INSPECTIONS BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
SAFETY UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS, TO PROVIDE THAT AN OPERATOR MUST BE
REIMBURSED FOR FINES, PENALTIES, AND REPAIRS INCURRED PURSUANT TO AN
OUT-OF-SERVICE ORDER UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS BY A TENDER, TO PROVIDE FOR THE
MONITORING OF ROADSIDE SAFETY INSPECTIONS, AND TO PROVIDE EXCEPTIONS TO THIS
PROVISION FOR RAILROAD OR RAILROAD INTERMODAL CARRIERS AND MOTOR CARRIER
OPERATORS.-AMENDED TITLE
02/26/98 Senate Introduced and read first time SJ-5
02/26/98 Senate Referred to Committee on Transportation SJ-5
03/19/98 Senate Committee report: Favorable Transportation SJ-12
03/24/98 Senate Read second time SJ-18
03/24/98 Senate Ordered to third reading with notice of
amendments SJ-18
04/15/98 Senate Amended SJ-17
04/15/98 Senate Read third time and sent to House SJ-17
04/16/98 House Introduced and read first time HJ-5
04/16/98 House Referred to Committee on Education and Public
Works HJ-5
04/23/98 House Committee report: Favorable Education and Public
Works HJ-47
04/29/98 House Debate adjourned until Thursday, April 30, 1998 HJ-45
04/30/98 House Debate adjourned until Tuesday, May 5, 1998 HJ-14
05/05/98 House Debate adjourned until Wednesday, May 6, 1998 HJ-18
05/06/98 House Debate adjourned until Thursday, May 7, 1998 HJ-11
05/07/98 House Debate adjourned until Tuesday, May 12, 1998 HJ-10
05/12/98 House Debate adjourned until Wednesday, May 13, 1998 HJ-16
05/13/98 House Debate adjourned until Thursday, May 14, 1998 HJ-17
05/14/98 House Debate adjourned HJ-21
05/14/98 House Amended HJ-40
05/14/98 House Read second time HJ-41
05/14/98 House Unanimous consent for third reading on next
legislative day HJ-41
05/15/98 House Read third time and returned to Senate with
amendments HJ-2
05/19/98 Senate House amendment amended SJ-33
05/19/98 Senate Returned to House with amendments SJ-33
05/27/98 House Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled HJ-50
06/04/98 Ratified R 424
06/08/98 Signed By Governor
06/29/98 Effective date 10/1/98
06/29/98 Copies available
06/30/98 Act No. 410
(A410, R424, S1070)
AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH
CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 56-5-4170 SO AS TO
PROVIDE A DEFINITION FOR VEHICLE, TO PROVIDE THAT A
PERSON MAY NOT TENDER A VEHICLE THAT IS IN VIOLATION
OF FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY REGULATIONS TO A
CARRIER OR DRIVER, TO PROVIDE FOR PUBLIC SERVICE
SAFETY INSPECTIONS BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
SAFETY UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS, TO PROVIDE THAT AN
OPERATOR MUST BE REIMBURSED FOR FINES, PENALTIES,
AND REPAIRS INCURRED PURSUANT TO AN OUT-OF-SERVICE
ORDER UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS BY A TENDER, TO
PROVIDE FOR THE MONITORING OF ROADSIDE SAFETY
INSPECTIONS, AND TO PROVIDE EXCEPTIONS TO THIS
PROVISION FOR RAILROAD OR RAILROAD INTERMODAL
CARRIERS AND MOTOR CARRIER OPERATORS.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
Intermodal trailer, chassis, and container
SECTION 1. Chapter 5, Title 56 of the 1976 Code is amended by
adding:
"Section 56-5-4170. (A) For purposes of enforcing this section,
'vehicle' means intermodal trailer, chassis, or container.
(B) A tender shall not tender or interchange a vehicle for use on any
highway which is in violation of the requirements contained in the United
States Department of Transportation Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Regulations (FMCSR). A motor carrier shall not certify or guarantee to
a person tendering or interchanging a vehicle to a motor carrier that the
vehicle complies with the FMCSR unless the tenderer of the vehicle
provides the motor carrier operator with certification that the vehicle
meets FMCSR requirements. Before an operator may accept a vehicle,
the tenderer must allow the motor carrier operator adequate equipment,
time, and facilities to conduct a walk-around pre-trip inspection of the
vehicle. If the vehicle fails to meet federal safety requirements, the
tenderer immediately must make any necessary repairs to the vehicle so
that it complies with applicable safety standards or immediately make
available a replacement vehicle which meets the safety requirements.
(C) The Department of Public Safety State Transport Police, if
requested by the State Ports Authority, may as a public safety service,
enter upon, and perform courtesy inspections of vehicles for purposes of
identifying and tagging vehicles which may require mechanical work
before being tendered for use on public highways.
(D) If a vehicle that is tendered is placed out of service as a result of
a roadside inspection within five complete working days from the time the
motor carrier is tendered, the vehicle as indicated on the equipment
interchange agreement, then the operator must be reimbursed for all fines
and penalties incurred pursuant to the out-of-service order, including
reimbursement for all equipment repair expenses necessary to bring the
vehicle into compliance with FMCSR, unless the fines, penalties, or repair
expenses are due to actions or omissions of the motor carrier operator
after the vehicle was tendered. Reimbursement must be made to the
operator no later than thirty days after the date of conviction and must
include payment for the following equipment repairs:
(1) Brake Adjustments:
push rod travel exceeds limits.
(2) Brake Drum:
(a) drum cracks;
(b) lining thickness loose or missing;
(c) lining saturated with oil.
(3) Inoperative Brakes:
(a) no movement of any components;
(b) missing or broken (loose) components;
(c) mismatch components.
(4) Air Lines and Tubing:
(a) bulge and swelling;
(b) audible leak other than proper connection;
(c) air lines broken, cracked, or crimped.
(5) Reservoir Tank:
any separation of original attachment points.
(6) Frames:
(a) any cracked, loose, sagging, or broken frame members which
measured one and one-half inch in web or one inch or longer in bottom
flange or any crack extending from web radius into bottom flange;
(b) any condition which causes moving parts to come in contact
with the frame.
(7) Electrical.
(8) Wheel Assembly:
(a) low or no oil;
(b) oil leakage on brake components.
(9) Tire Separation:
(a) tire separation from casing;
(b) two inches of plies exposed.
(10) Rim Cracks:
(a) any circumferential crack except manufactured;
(b) lock or side ring cracked, bent, broken, sprung, improperly
seated, or mismatched.
(11) Suspension:
(a) spring assembly leaves broken, missing, or separated;
(b) spring hanger, u-bolts, or axle positioning components
cracked, broken, loose, or missing.
(12) Chassis Locking Pins:
any twist lock or fitting for securement which is sprung,
broken, or improperly latched.
(E) If the originating motor carrier interchanges the vehicle to another
mode of transportation or warehouse in substantially the same condition
as it was tendered originally to the motor carrier, the originating motor
carrier is relieved of any further responsibility for the condition of the
vehicle.
(F) The Department of Public Safety shall develop and maintain a
separate database on roadside vehicle inspection reports for power unit
defects and for defects on any vehicle tendered to the motor carrier. The
database may be used to identify and monitor those entities whose
responsibility it is to provide any vehicle to motor carriers in roadworthy
conditions as prescribed by the FMCSR. Roadside vehicle inspection
reports noting defects on any vehicle where there is not ownership by the
motor carrier must not be used or applied against the motor carrier when
this information may affect the motor carrier's overall record of
compliance with the FMCSR.
(G) Nothing in this section prevents a tenderer who is a railroad or a
rail intermodal carrier and a motor carrier operator from agreeing to a
different allocation of responsibility for compliance of a vehicle with the
requirements of this section when the vehicle is owned or has been in the
possession of or under the control of a railroad or rail intermodal carrier.
This subsection does not apply to Section 56-5-4170(E)."
Time effective
SECTION 2. This act takes effect October 1, 1998.
Approved the 8th day of June, 1998. |